Konrad II. (Oels)

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Konrad II. Von Oels (* 1338/1340 ; † June 10, 1403 in Trebnitz ) was Duke of Oels and Cosel from 1366 until his death and from 1369 Duke of half of Beuthen . From 1394 he was duke of half and 1397 of all of Steinau . He came from the Glogau branch of the Silesian Piasts .

Life

Konrad II's parents were Konrad I von Oels († 1366) and his second wife Euphemia, a daughter of Duke Wladislaus von Beuthen – Cosel . In 1354 he married Agnes († 1371), a daughter of Duke Casimir I of Teschen . The marriage had their only son, Conrad III. († 1412/1413).

After the death of his father of the same name, Konrad II, who had no other siblings, inherited his considerable property. The run by his father years inheritance dispute over the inheritance of the Duke Boleslaw of Bytom-Cosel , the 1354/55 as a completed fief to the crown of Bohemia home liked was, was indeed resolved to the effect already in 1355 that Konrad was awarded I. the duchy Cosel. The pending dispute over the Duchy of Bytom was only settled after Conrad I's death in 1369. Then half of Beuthen and the northern part of the Duchy of Beuthen fell to Euphemia, the widow of Conrad I, who died in 1376/78. Her son Konrad II inherited it from her.

During his reign, Konrad II endeavored to enlarge his land through additional purchases. As early as 1370 he acquired from Euphemia († 1411), a daughter of his uncle Boleslaus von Beuthen-Cosel, who lived with Duke Bolko III from Münsterberg . was married, part of Gleiwitz . From her husband Bolko III. In 1379 he acquired the town and soft picture of Kanth . The indebted Troppauer dukes transferred Hultschin , Kranowitz and Zuckmantel to him in 1385 , which he connected with his Duchy of Cosel. Due to over-indebtedness, Duke Heinrich VIII of Glogau sold him half of Steinau in 1394 , the second half of which also went to Conrad II in 1397.

In 1380 Conrad II summoned Benedictine monks from the Emmaus monastery in Prague to his residence in Oels . To build the abbey and the monastery church, he gave them an area on the northern edge of the city.

Konrad II died in Trebnitz in 1403 . The successor and heir of the extensive estates was his only son, Konrad III, who died ten years later.

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SURNAME Konrad II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Konrad II of Oels
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Oels, Cosel and Steinau and half of Beuthen
DATE OF BIRTH between 1338 and 1340
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1403
Place of death Trebnitz